This message contains a list of some regressions from 2.6.29, for which there are no fixes in the mainline I know of. If any of them have been fixed already, please let me know. If you know of any other unresolved regressions from 2.6.29, please let me know either and I'll add them to the list. Also, please let me know if any of the entries below are invalid. Each entry from the list will be sent additionally in an automatic reply to this message with CCs to the people involved in reporting and handling the issue. Listed regressions statistics: Date Total Pending Unresolved ---------------------------------------- 2009-05-16 81 36 33 2009-04-25 55 36 26 2009-04-17 37 35 28 Unresolved regressions ---------------------- Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13329 Subject : cifs_close: NULL pointer dereference Submitter : Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-16 16:28 (1 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124249133701702&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13328 Subject : b44: eth0: BUG! Timeout waiting for bit 00000002 of register 42c to clear. Submitter : Francis Moreau <francis.moro@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-03 16:22 (14 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124136778012280&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13327 Subject : Regression: 2.6.30-rc5 and rt2x00 / rt2500pci Submitter : Ken Lewis <kennylewis@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-15 14:40 (2 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124239988223614&w=4 Handled-By : John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13326 Subject : Null pointer dereference in rtc-cmos driver Submitter : Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-14 16:16 (3 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124231783704696&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13325 Subject : 2.6.30-rc kills my box hard - and lockdep chains Submitter : Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-14 15:49 (3 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124231630701394&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13324 Subject : panic when loading oprofile Submitter : Brandeburg, Jesse <jesse.brandeburg@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-13 22:30 (4 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124225384311631&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13323 Subject : 2.6.30-rc deadline scheduler performance regression for iozone over NFS Submitter : Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-23 14:01 (24 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124049547915450&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13321 Subject : kernel crash with NULL pointer when boot Submitter : Martin Bammer <mrb74@xxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-16 12:37 (1 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/5/16/100 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13319 Subject : Page allocation failures with b43 and p54usb Submitter : Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-29 21:01 (18 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124103897101088&w=4 Handled-By : Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13318 Subject : AGP doesn't work anymore on nforce2 Submitter : Karsten Mehrhoff <kawime@xxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-30 8:51 (17 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=59de2bebabc5027f93df999d59cc65df591c3e6e References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124108156417560&w=4 Handled-By : Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13306 Subject : hibernate slow on _second_ run Submitter : Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-14 09:34 (3 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13298 Subject : modprobe ipmi_si hangs under 2.6.30-rc5 Submitter : Ferenc Wagner <wferi@xxxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-12 21:28 (5 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124216379407177&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13297 Subject : kernel panic - not syncing : fatel exception in interupt Submitter : rob <rob1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-12 19:34 (5 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124216126903309&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13296 Subject : Lockdep violation at cleanup_workqueue_thread during suspend Submitter : Zdenek Kabelac <zdenek.kabelac@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-12 7:59 (5 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124211522525625&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13294 Subject : i915: drm: xorg leaks drm objects massively Submitter : Sergei Trofimovich <slyich@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-10 19:56 (7 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124198547027903&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13293 Subject : Kernel BUG under network load with gianfar Submitter : Michael Guntsche <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-03 13:36 (14 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0fd56bb5be6455d0d42241e65aed057244665e5e References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124135824600924&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13285 Subject : INTELFB: Colors display incorrectly Submitter : Dean Menezes <samanddeanus@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-12 01:40 (5 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13250 Subject : Side channel of Intel HDA chip doesn't work anymore, did work with 2.6.29 Submitter : Andreas Juch <kernel-bt@xxxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-05 10:14 (12 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13245 Subject : possible circular locking dependency detected Submitter : Miles Lane <miles.lane@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-05-04 16:56 (13 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13188 Subject : horizontal strips of the screen frozen Submitter : Justin Madru <jdm64@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-24 20:59 (23 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=280b713b5b0fd84cf2469098aee88acbb5de859c References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124060685315937&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13180 Subject : 2.6.30-rc2: WARNING at i915_gem.c for i915_gem_idle Submitter : Niel Lambrechts <niel.lambrechts@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-21 21:35 (26 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124034980819102&w=4 http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/27/290 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13179 Subject : CD-R: wodim intermittent failures Submitter : Andy Isaacson <adi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-21 1:52 (26 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124027879214231&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13177 Subject : 2.6.30-rc2-git7 build problem Submitter : Martin Knoblauch <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-21 13:39 (26 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124032163602132&w=4 http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/27/56 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13171 Subject : 2.6.30-rc2 + xorg-intel-2.7.0 + DRM_I915_KMS = corruption Submitter : Alex Bennee <kernel-hacker@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-19 6:27 (28 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124022460014812&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13156 Subject : keyboard backlight brightness up/down keys doesn't work Submitter : Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-23 20:46 (24 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13148 Subject : resume after suspend-to-ram broken on Sony Vaio VGN-SR19VN when sony-laptop driver present Submitter : fanderay <fanderay4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-22 14:39 (25 days old) Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13126 Subject : BUG: MAX_LOCKDEP_ENTRIES too low! when mounting rootfs Submitter : Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-15 12:43 (32 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123979949820538&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13119 Subject : Trouble with make-install from a NFS mount Submitter : Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-14 21:32 (33 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123974482327044&w=4 Handled-By : H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13118 Subject : iptables very slow after commit 784544739a25c30637397ace5489eeb6e15d7d49 Submitter : Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-10 16:05 (37 days old) References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/10/111 http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/25/83 Handled-By : Eric Dumazet <dada1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13116 Subject : Can't boot with nosmp Submitter : Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-15 4:18 (32 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123976917817920&w=4 Handled-By : Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13107 Subject : LTP 20080131 causes defunct processes w/2.6.30-rc1 Submitter : Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-09 15:43 (38 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b3bfa0cba867f23365b81658b47efd906830879b References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123929187208953&w=4 http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/10/193 Handled-By : Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13069 Subject : regression in 2.6.29-git3 on SH/Dreamcast Submitter : Adrian McMenamin <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-03-29 19:04 (49 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123835353115372&w=4 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13068 Subject : Lockdep warining in inotify_dev_queue_event Submitter : Sachin Sant <sachinp@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-05 12:37 (42 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123893439229272&w=4 Regressions with patches ------------------------ Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13125 Subject : active uvcvideo breaks over suspend Submitter : Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-15 10:12 (32 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123979009508840&w=4 Handled-By : Ming Lei <tom.leiming@xxxxxxxxx> Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/18/5 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13122 Subject : reiserfs_delete_xattrs: Couldn't delete all xattrs (-13) Submitter : Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-16 19:23 (31 days old) First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d984561b326cd0fe0d1183d11b9b4fa1d011d21d References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123990989515105&w=4 Handled-By : Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx> Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/5/10/91 Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13109 Subject : High latency on /sys/class/thermal Submitter : Tiago Simões Batista <tiagosbatista@xxxxxxxxx> Date : 2009-04-11 14:56 (36 days old) References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123946182301248&w=4 Handled-By : Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@xxxxxxx> Patch : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=21061 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=21282 For details, please visit the bug entries and follow the links given in references. As you can see, there is a Bugzilla entry for each of the listed regressions. There also is a Bugzilla entry used for tracking the regressions from 2.6.29, unresolved as well as resolved, at: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13070 Please let me know if there are any Bugzilla entries that should be added to the list in there. Thanks, Rafael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
